Countries
European Union, Ireland
Ukraine
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Ireland
Ukraine
Second Language
Ireland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
United Kingdom
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language
Interesting Facts
- In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
- Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
- Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
Similar To
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Russian and Belarusian Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
1833
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1322
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Dia dhuit
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
Дякую (Dyakuyu)
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
На добраніч (Na dobranič)
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)
Please
le do thoil
будь ласк
Sorry
Tá brón orm
вибачте (vybachte)
Bye
Slán
до побачення (do pobachennya)
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
Podillian
Where They Speak
Connacht
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia
How Many People Speak
100,000.0042,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Munster Irish
Volynian
Where They Speak
Munster
Rivne, Volyn
How Many People Speak
150,000.0044,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
Steppe
Where They Speak
Ulster
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine
How Many People Speak
140,000.0042,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
415
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million39.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.46 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.14 million39.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million30.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
Ukrayins'ka Mova
French Name
irlandais moyen
ukrainien
German Name
Mittelirisch
Ukrainisch
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]
Ethnicity
Irish people
Ukrainians
Origin
c. 750
1561
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Celtic
Slavic
Branch
Goidelic
Eastern
Language Forms
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Modern Ukrainian
Language Position
2526
1
120
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Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
Ukrainian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ga
uk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
gle
ukr
ISO 639 2/B
gle
ukr
ISO 639 3
gle
ukr
ISO 639 6
gle
ukr
Glottocode
iris1253
ukra1253
Linguasphere
50-AAA
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic